Favorite Modern Holiday/Christmas Songs »

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A bit tired of hearing Bruce babbling on about Clarence getting a new sax for Christmas? Us too. Here’s a holly jolly roundup of some little-known originals and some well-known classics done by some of our favorite modern (mostly indie) artists. Have a favorite tune you wish to share? Just Post a Comment (bottom of [...]

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“How to Be a Werewolf” (in Thirty Century Man) by Mogwai »

Antony Crook’s short film Thirty Century Man features a remix of the album track “How to Be a Werewolf” from Mogwai’s upcoming 1/18/2011 record, Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will. Mogwai! subpop.com/​artists/​mogwai

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Post-Rock Wordless Wonders »

Music too good to be spoiled by lyrics.

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Mogwai Live Film “Burning” Teaser »

The Scottish band Mogwai performs an incandescent show in front of a stunned crowd. As if time stood still, the audience is transported along by musical waves, both poetic and violent. ‘Burning’ dives into this wild sensual flow. Directors Vincent Moon and Nathanaël Le Scouarnec guide us into a dream where there is no tomorrow.

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Mogwai Fear Satan »

The band Mogwai filmed by Nat at Reims, France. (via La Blogotheque)

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Top Songs Played on My iPod for 2008 »

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The average life span of a song on my Nano’s “Heavy Rotation” playlist is about a week, then I clean house and load up some more goodness. (Gotta keep my cardio-funk-tae-bo workouts fresh, am I right, ladies?) A few fantastic tunes did manage to avoid the old heave-ho due to their brilliance and I’d like [...]

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iTunes "Genius"? We'll Be the Judge of That »

Being like-minded music snobs aficionados, you’ve probably heard iTunes recently debuted its “Genius” recommendation gizmo in its latest version (8). This new functionality creates playlists from your existing iTunes library and suggests new music available at the iTunes Store (how convenient) based on the music you like. Click on an artist or song and …

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Video: "Sore" by Annuals »

Here’s a very cool video for the Annuals pretty new song "Sore," the first track off the recently released Wet Zoo EP. The video was done by Teqtonik who did Mogwai’s “Hunted By A Freak” video, Arcade Fire’s video for “Power Out” and videos for The Shins, BRMC, Nada Surf, and more. [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=9M4AX4hBuk4[/youtube]   Download [...]

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